

Buyers can choose between an eight- or 12-speaker audio system and can upgrade to available heated front seats. An infotainment display sprouts from the center of the dashboard and is controlled by a rotary knob on the center console there is a row of climate-control buttons dividing the upper and lower dash panels.

The CX-30 has a handsome, well-crafted interior it's shared with that of the Mazda 3, which we love. For more information about the CX-30's fuel economy, visit the EPA's website. On our 75-mph highway fuel-economy test route, our CX-30 Premium test vehicle managed to exactly match its EPA rating of 31 mpg.

For CX-30 with the turbocharged engine, those EPA estimates change to 22 mpg city, 30 mpg highway, and 25 mpg combined. The non-turbo CX-30 receives fuel-economy estimates of 26 city, 33 mpg highway, and 29 mpg combined.
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This rating only applies to the SkyActiv-X 180 2.0-litre petrol manual version of the Mazda MX-30, and does not imply similar ratings for other engine and gearbox combinations in the range.While that optional 256-hp turbocharged engine is alluring, it unfortunately only comes on the most expensive trims. “Overall, the CX-30 scores similarly across the three areas of assessment and emerges with a solid 2½ star rating.” This limits the scores in the Clean Air and Greenhouse Gas indexes. The weakness is at high engine loads where values of carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide become elevated. “Together with the exhaust after-treatment – three-way catalyst, exhaust gas recirculation and a gasoline particulate filter – the car shows generally low values of pollutant emissions. This is combined with a 24-volt mild hybrid system to improve fuel efficiency. Green NCAP said: “The CX-30 180 petrol employs Mazda’s Skyactiv-X technology, with a very high compression ratio and lean fuel mixture to try to reduce emissions. The Mazda CX-30 SkyActiv-X 180 2.0-litre petrol manual received a 2.5 star rating from Green NCAP in February 2021. Clean Air Index: 4.6 / 10 Energy Efficiency Index: 4.7 / 10 Greenhouse Gas Index: 4 / 10
